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Message boards :
Cafe SETI :
Question on non-seti project
(Message 2075958)
Posted 16 May 2021 by Eric B Post: When seti quit, I switched over to milkyway at home and crunched over there since. About two or three weeks or so ago they vanished, no home page, no message boards, no work, and no way to report work. Its like they just dropped off the edge of the earth. Does anyone know what happened there? |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
openCL issue
(Message 2053010)
Posted 1 Jul 2020 by Eric B Post: I have two GPU's (NVIDIA RTX 2060 and a NVIDIA GTX 1660 ti under openSuse Tumbleweed Linux ) that i used to run seti and it worked very well, now i am running Milkyway at home and that will still use the GPU's I had been trying to run 1 monitor per gpu but could never gt it working, so I reconnected my monitors to a single GPU and got both my screens working, But there is another issue. On boot ,as a regular user, clinfo shows no platforms, but if i then run clinfo as root it shows both GPU's ok, and after that if I again run clinfo as a regular user it shows shows both GPU's. This is repeatable and happens at every boot. So, running clinfo as root changes something, i dont know what tho. If i dont follow the above procedure boinc doesnt see either GPU. If anyone can explain this I'd be deeply appreciative. TIA |
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News :
SETI@home hibernation
(Message 2042193)
Posted 1 Apr 2020 by Eric B Post: Well, over the years I managed to accumulate 167,563,032 credits, I sure wish we had found something. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
The Server Issues / Outages Thread - Panic Mode On! (118)
(Message 2033304)
Posted 21 Feb 2020 by Eric B Post: I'm afraid this is going to recur over and over until they reach out to someone (google for example) who deals with very large and very busy databases, for help. No amount of shutting down and letting things catch up is going to solve this problem. As far as I know they haven't even been able to root cause the issue. |
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Number crunching :
Need Help: trying to get 2 nvida cards runnng under linux
(Message 2032191)
Posted 13 Feb 2020 by Eric B Post: I found it, something disabled my affiliation with 'video' users, once i put that back everything worked My boinc install is a bit different. I dont use the boinc user/group because i like to run boinc-client as myself in $HOME/boinc and in the foreground so i can see whats going on there. Another reason is the default suse install never worked properly and no matter what i tried it always tried to start boinc in the wrong place even with the -d or --dir switch which it mostly ignored. There were other reasons as well, but now that behind me and i have been running boinc-client i the foreground and in $HOME/boinc on 4 machines without issue until today when i added the 2060. 7 days ago there was a broken update from suse that may have been the root cause of the group change - whatever, its fixed now. Starting BOINC client version 7.16.3 for x86_64-suse-linux-gnu log flags: file_xfer, sched_ops, task Libraries: libcurl/7.68.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1d-fips zlib/1.2.11 libidn2/2.3.0 libpsl/0.21.0 (+libidn2/2.3.0) libssh/0.9.3/openssl/zlib nghttp2/1.40.0 Data directory: /home/erbenton/boinc CUDA: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce RTX 2060 (driver version 440.59, CUDA version 10.2, compute capability 7.5, 4096MB, 3970MB available, 6739 GFLOPS peak) CUDA: NVIDIA GPU 1: GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (driver version 440.59, CUDA version 10.2, compute capability 7.5, 4096MB, 3972MB available, 5668 GFLOPS peak) OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce RTX 2060 (driver version 440.59, device version OpenCL 1.2 CUDA, 5932MB, 3970MB available, 6739 GFLOPS peak) OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 1: GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (driver version 440.59, device version OpenCL 1.2 CUDA, 5945MB, 3972MB available, 5668 GFLOPS peak) OpenCL CPU: pthread-Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3960X CPU @ 3.30GHz (OpenCL driver vendor: The pocl project, driver version 1.4, device version OpenCL 1.2 pocl HSTR: pthread-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-sandybridge) Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform [libc detection] gathered: 2.30, GNU libc Host name: erb1 Processor: 12 GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3960X CPU @ 3.30GHz [Family 6 Model 45 Stepping 7] Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid dca sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx lahf_lm epb ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid xsaveopt dtherm ida arat pln pts md_clear flush_l1d OS: Linux openSUSE: openSUSE Tumbleweed [5.4.12-1|libc 2.30 (GNU libc)] Memory: 31.29 GB physical, 2.00 GB virtual |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Need Help: trying to get 2 nvida cards runnng under linux
(Message 2032169)
Posted 13 Feb 2020 by Eric B Post: I'm running openSuse Tumbleweed. I had a nvidia-1660-ti as my primary gpu and it worked great. Now i have added a second nvidia card, an RTX 2060 and I swapped my video to this card. When i run boinc it sees and uses the RTX2060 but doesnt see the 1660ti. I am using the nvidia driver 440.31 and i tried re-installing that driver but it still doesn't work. Also nvidia-smi only sees one card (the 2060) but nvidia-settings sees both. Finally: CUDA Version is 10.2 according to nvidia-smi and my app_info.xml specifies the app setiathome_x41p_V0.98b1_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu_cuda101 lspci shows: # lspci|grep VGA 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU106 [GeForce RTX 2060 Rev. A] (rev a1) 05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation TU116 [GeForce GTX 1660 Ti] (rev a1) I have use_all_gpu's set to 1 in cc_config <cc_config> <options> <use_all_gpus>1</use_all_gpus> </options> </cc_config> boinc says: 12-Feb-2020 19:12:38 [---] CUDA: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce RTX 2060 (driver version 440.31, CUDA version 10.2, compute capability 7.5, 4096MB, 3970MB available, 6739 GFLOPS peak) 12-Feb-2020 19:12:38 [---] OpenCL: NVIDIA GPU 0: GeForce RTX 2060 (driver version 440.31, device version OpenCL 1.2 CUDA, 5932MB, 3970MB available, 6739 GFLOPS peak) 12-Feb-2020 19:12:38 [---] OpenCL CPU: pthread-Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3960X CPU @ 3.30GHz (OpenCL driver vendor: The pocl project, driver version 1.4, device version OpenCL 1.2 pocl HSTR: pthread-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-sandybridge) 12-Feb-2020 19:12:38 [SETI@home] Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform 12-Feb-2020 19:12:38 [---] [libc detection] gathered: 2.30, GNU libc Any ideas? TIA |
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Message boards :
News :
Low available work.
(Message 2028684)
Posted 20 Jan 2020 by Eric B Post: I'm curious to know what database program you use and what kind of database analysis tools you are using? |
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Questions and Answers :
Web site :
Why is the website sort feature so broken?
(Message 2028503)
Posted 19 Jan 2020 by Eric B Post: Its next to impossible to find the most recent threads on a given sub forum because the sort just doesn't work correctly. Is it the website or is it my browser that's messed up? I've noticed this changes ordering at random times For example, here is the first page of data taken from the "Number Crunching" sub forum sorted by newest first: 1 hour ago 3 hours ago 2 days ago 15 days ago 20 days ago 27 days ago 16 Dec 2019 9 Dec 2019 22 Mar 2019 53 minutes ago 3 hours ago 4 hours ago 5 hours ago 10 hours ago 11 hours ago 11 hours ago 17 hours ago 18 hours ago 1 day ago 1 day ago 1 day ago |
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Number crunching :
Is it possible to transfer tasks to another computer on my local network?
(Message 2028332)
Posted 18 Jan 2020 by Eric B Post: Hi, Thanks for responding ! Well, my ERB2 (I9-9900k) has 2 1660-ti's and it can do 2200 gpu tasks per day and around 1000 or so cpu tasks per day and it usually maxes out at about 6-800 tasks allotted per day so during an outage i very quickly run out of work on that guy ERB1 (i7-3960x) with 1 1660-ti, is a bit slower and gets fewer tasks total, but after awhile (less than 24 hours usually) it too runs out ERB3 is a laptop thats just dog slow, but oh well ERB4 is an i7-2600k with a GTX 460 and its not real fast but for some reason it gets a ton of work to do So i was looking to equalize things. How does this work? How does the server decide how much work each PC can have? Why does it seem to be so unbalanced in my case? The Days Work is set the same for each PC "10 days plus 2 more" I'll try what you said and change the numbers - see if it helps as of now it seems the slower the faster it gets work Take this info for example : Today (1/18/2020): Total GPU CPU System WUs WUs ---------------------------- erb1 129 68 61 erb2 115 0 115 erb3 148 0 148 erb4 297 150 147 ---------------------------- 1/15/2020: Total GPU CPU System WUs WUs ---------------------------- erb1 389 218 171 erb2 347 232 115 erb3 198 0 198 erb4 482 293 189 ---------------------------- Average Credit per Host (as of today) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- erb1: 67,097 i7-3960X CPU @ 3.6GHz w/ 1x GeForce GTX 1660 Ti erb2: 124,531 i9-9900K CPU @ 4.2GHz w/ 2x GeForce GTX 1660 Ti erb3: 3,250 i7-4510U CPU @ 2.3GHz w/ (No Usable GPU) erb4: 14,090 i7-2600K CPU @ 4.1GHz w/ 1x GeForce GTX 460 v2 User Avg Credit: 209,121 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ps: I use OpenSuse Tumbleweed (the laptop(ERB3) is running Leap 15.1 i think) and have been using OpenSuse since before Leap came out, actually for about 10 years or so. I like it ok, I cant find a distro i like better tho. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Is it possible to transfer tasks to another computer on my local network?
(Message 2028327)
Posted 18 Jan 2020 by Eric B Post: I have one computer that has lots and lots of cpu and gpu tasks but its a slow pc. I would like to take some of those tasks and move them over to my other pc which is (at least) an order of magnitude faster and at present is starving for work. ps: I am on Linux exclusively, not Windows. TIA |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
The Server Issues / Outages Thread - Panic Mode On! (118)
(Message 2024430)
Posted 22 Dec 2019 by Eric B Post: Debugging the server is virtually impossible. If anyone wants to help.... The setiathome_server branch is at I guess my first question would be: Is it returning true because of "!ready" ? or is it falling through and returning the bottom true. If its falling through then either max_wu_results is less than zero or wu_results[i].state is never equal to WR_STATE_PRESENT Based on that analysis one can then decide what to look at next. |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Need help getting Inel GPU crunching
(Message 2019494)
Posted 18 Nov 2019 by Eric B Post: Yeh, I get your point about cooling. I also have a desktop i9-9900k with Intel gpu. I installed a NVidia 1660 ti card but it would be useful to know how to setup that intel gpu - I may never use the intel gpu but I'd still like to be able to |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Need help getting Inel GPU crunching
(Message 2019387)
Posted 17 Nov 2019 by Eric B Post: What about for newer Intel GPU's? How does one setup for using those - for example the Intel UHD 630 |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
Need help getting Inel GPU crunching
(Message 2019098)
Posted 15 Nov 2019 by Eric B Post: . Can anyone tell me how to get my GPU crunching Seti WU's? openSUSE Leap 15.0 (x86_64) on kernel 4.12.14-lp150.12.79-default CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4510U CPU @ 2.00GHz Installed Memory 8G GPU: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0b)Its a laptop and even tho its performance is rather pitiful, I would still like to get the GPU up and running, MB's are already running on it without issue |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
CL file missing
(Message 2018683)
Posted 12 Nov 2019 by Eric B Post: I'm on Linux Leap 15.1 and the nvidia driver was just updated. Now the GPU tasks are postponed and then suspended due to a missing CL file. What creates that file? Its nvidia driver 390.132, the 390.129 driver was working great but this update to 132 broke things |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
cuda 90 app not using as much GPU as it should?
(Message 2018228)
Posted 9 Nov 2019 by Eric B Post: Well, the same app AND the same WU - which brings me back to my original question - is there some way to load the same WU on 2 different machines (multiple instances, 1 per boinc/seti cpu thread) so I can properly compare things? I'd be using it as a benchmark WU. There needs to be safeguards so it is never uploaded to a seti server |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
cuda 90 app not using as much GPU as it should?
(Message 2018166)
Posted 8 Nov 2019 by Eric B Post: So after running awhile with the new settings I see the GPU's are working as expected but the CPU performance isn't. The i9 is lagging behind the i7 and the i9 has more threads. I gathered some data and it seems to confirm my visual observations. The average time to process MB WU's on the i9 is 4184 seconds each compared to the i7 at 3790. This isn't averaged over a lot of MB WU's but nevertheless it doesn't seem right to me, especially given that the i9 is running at 4.2Ghz vs the i7 at 3.7Ghz. Average GPU time on ERB1: 100 GPU WUs - average of 73.3 seconds each Average GPU time on ERB2: 100 GPU WUs - average of 61.4 seconds each Average CPU time on ERB1: 19 CPU WUs - average of 3790.4 seconds each Average CPU time on ERB2: 33 CPU WUs - average of 4184.6 seconds each both PC's are using MBv8_8.05r3345_avx_linux64 I have two other MB apps I can try (if people think they would be better) MBv8_8.22r3711_sse41_intel_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu MBv8_8.22r4008_avx2_intel_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu avx2 seems a step up from avx but probably it depends heavily on the app and if it can be taken advantage of or not. |
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Number crunching :
New PC not performing as well as expected
(Message 2017903)
Posted 5 Nov 2019 by Eric B Post: I only run run 1 gpu task at a time. I once 3experimentded with 2 tasks per gpu but it never panned out, performance just didnt add at all. My 1660 ti's seems to be preforming quite well, it takes about 1:00 to 1:30 to do each task and actual RAC average is climbing dramatically since i made the changes above. my GTX 1660 Ti's show (just checked): i7-3960X Average processing rate 2,303.31 GFLOPS i9-9900k Average processing rate 2,341.84 GFLOPS |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
cuda 90 app not using as much GPU as it should?
(Message 2017557)
Posted 2 Nov 2019 by Eric B Post: I just switched one of my systems to cuda101 - if it pans out as a bit faster I'll switch the other also I didn't know what to put for version_num so i just used 801 as before and it seems to work Also I checked for trailing spaes In vim use this :highlight ExtraWhitespace ctermbg=red guibg=red :match ExtraWhitespace /\s\+$/and any trailing spaces show up in red |
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Message boards :
Number crunching :
cuda 90 app not using as much GPU as it should?
(Message 2017333)
Posted 31 Oct 2019 by Eric B Post: Whats the difference between setiathome_x41p_V0.98b1_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu_cuda90 and setiathome_x41p_V0.98b1_x86_64-pc-linux-gnu_cuda101 is one faster than the other? |
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